And all of the big shots of the car industry are there, strutting their stuff. And that year, they're feeling especially good because cars were selling more than ever before.

I want to write for history, not for the moment.

My basic philosophy is that no human being is a saint.

I said that I'm only there to write the truth, I'm not going to cover anything up, but I'll put everything in context and get as close to the truth of this person as I can.

It is?classic Bill Clinton, sincere and deceptive at the same time, requiring a careful reading between the lines.

Well, there is something beautiful about ruins. I mean, in one sense it's not that different from going to Rome and looking at the Forum. But it's changing. It truly is. I'm optimistic but skeptical.

And then the industry itself was so cocky about what they were doing that they weren't seeing what was coming on the horizon with Japan and Germany and other places that were building smaller cars.

Well, there were several things. One was that the industry itself built in Detroit was abandoning the city - taking factories elsewhere, the corporate headquarters elsewhere.

Originally, John Kennedy was going to come speak, and then Lyndon Johnson. Because it was October of '62, neither made it because of the Cuban missile crisis.

It was a time of uncommon possibility and freedom, when Detroit created wondrous and lasting things. But life can be luminescent when it is most vulnerable.

Solid character will reflect itself in consistent behavior, while poor character will seek to hide behind deceptive words and actions.

There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter.

Vulnerability is what heals us.

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

A just society will appear less spectacular, and less clearly defined, than a society with totalitarian leadership, theocratic goals.

Ten years ago, desalination was the crazy aunt in the attic. That's changed. It is now entering the mainstream and being taken seriously.

Now I'm in the business and I do have to have these awkward conversations about how I look, how I talk. But I'm still here.

Nobody cares about your products (except you)

Often, our most rewarding dreams are staring us right in the face, but for some reason we focus on how hard things are, how we are scared of the unknown and what would happen if we failed.

To tackle the big and relevant issues of the day with bold and innovative ideas is without question the most rewarding way to serve.